River of Time is the fourteenth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey. The album contains a newly recorded version of "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?" and a duet with his son, Ryan Murphey, on "Talkin' to the Wrong Man" which reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in July 1988[2] and number 1 on the RPM Country Singles chart in Canada.[3] River of Time peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[4][5]

River of Time
Studio album by Michael Martin Murphey
Released	1988
Genre	Country, cowboy music
Length	40:15
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Steve Gibson
Michael Martin Murphey chronology
Americana (1987) River of Time (1988) Land of Enchantment (1989)
Singles from River of Time
"I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl" Released: October 1987 "Talkin' to the Wrong Man" Released: February 1988 "Pilgrims on the Way (Matthew's Song)" Released: September 10, 1988 "From the Word Go" Released: December 17, 1988

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "From the Word Go" (Michael Garvin, Chris Waters) – 3:13
2. "Talkin' to the Wrong Man" (with Ryan Murphey) (Michael Martin Murphey) – 3:24
3. "River of Time" (Susan Longacre, Dennis Robbins) – 4:51
4. "Vanishing Breed" (Murphey, Hoffner) – 4:23
5. "Pilgrims on the Way (Matthew's Song)" (Marcus Hummon) – 4:04
6. "The Running Blood" (Murphey, Hoffner) – 4:28
7. "Children of the Wild World" (Jamie O'Hara) – 4:48
8. "I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl" (Jesse Winchester) – 3:51
9. "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?" (Murphey, Owen Castleman) – 3:16
10. "Still Got the Fire" (Murphey, Steve Gibson) – 3:57[4][5]

Personnel

Music

• Michael Martin Murphey – lead vocals
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Jerry Douglas – dobro
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• Mike Lawler – synthesizer
• Charlie McCoy – harmonica
• Gove Scrivenor – autoharp
• Dennis Burnside – keyboards, string arrangements on “I’m Gonna Miss You, Girl”
• David Hoffner – synthesizer
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• James Stroud – drums
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Monroe Jones – drum programming on “Pilgrims on the Way”
• Ryan Murphey – duet vocals on "Talkin' to the Wrong Man"
• Wayne Kirkpatrick – background vocals
• Chris Harris – backing vocals
• Gary Janney – backing vocals
• Take 6 – backing vocals
• Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
• Dan Keen – backing vocals
• The Nashville String Machine - strings on “I’m Gonna Miss You, Girl”

Production

• Ken Suesov – engineer
• Bruce Albertine – engineer
• Lee Groitasch – assistant engineer
• Carry Summers – assistant engineer
• Bob Wright – assistant engineer
• Marshall Morgan – engineer, mixing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Charles Collins – artwork, photography[4][5]

Chart performance

References

External links

• Michael Martin Murphey's Official Website